Daily Archives: January 13, 2010

It is so horrifying that it is almost incomprehensible that we can now see on TV and in the social media people on the brink of starvation, amidst a natural disaster of epic proportions, and then we can go out to a cozy restaurant, have a huge dinner, go to sleep, and forget all about the tragedy that is ongoing.

This nightmare can have a blessing concealed within.

The people of Haiti have been impoverished for decades.

Prior to the earthquake, the President of Haiti said that people fed their children mud cakes to fill their bellies as they were so hungry, and there was no food.

The President’s home and palace were destroyed, and he is homeless, he said, “I don’t know if I will find a bed tonight.”

There is criminal neglect in the fact that the wealthy nations of the world have let millions of people live their lives in what would be considered emergency conditions almost anywhere else, certainly in the developed nations.

We all know right from wrong.

It is wrong for someone like say, George Bush to live a life of fabulous opulence , having done nothing to earn any of his wealth and power other than having the good fortune to be born in a fabulously wealthy family, and a young man suffering from hunger, malnutrition, fear, crime, filth and disease, because he had the misfortune to be born to a family in Haiti.

Rush Limbaugh today said something to the effect that this was good news, the earthquake, for Obama since he could talk about compassion and helping, “and the people of Haiti are black, so this could help Obama’s image with blacks in this country.”

It seemed pretty obvious watching Limbaugh making these remarks that the plight of a few million Blacks in Haiti is of no concern to him.

Pat Robinson said today, “The Haitians have made a deal with the Devil.” and they are being punished by God.

Most people however, and Americans, have traditionally cared about the underdog.

America’s poor are, to a large degree, fed by volunteers, Americans have always supported the disadvantaged.

All of us really need to take the time and examine our values and do whatever we can to prevent the horrors in Haiti from occurring again, and while we are at it, make human rights, specifically the universally recognized rights of Health, food and a home for all men women and children, as important in our priorities as protecting ourselves from Afghanistani tribesmen.

In coverage of the Andrew McCabe investigation, there seems to be a lot of adding two plus two and coming up with five.The New York Times and Washington Post have reported that a grand jury met on Thursday in connection with a probe involving McCabe, the FBI’s former deputy director. As I write this column on Friday evening, no indictment has been returned a […]

A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit against Fox News brought by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, concluding there are plausible claims that the network was party to a “campaign of emotional torture.”

Tesla's automated emergency braking (AEB) system, which was first introduced in 2017, has improved markedly in a relatively short amount of time. Just a few weeks ago, for example, Tesla demonstrated its next-gen AEB system which can more ably apply the brakes when a pedestrian or cyclist is detected. With that said, we recently stumbled across a new vi […]

Archeo ModenaROME—In 2009, the straight world swooned when archaeologists discovered two ancient skeletons from between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. holding hands in a grave in Modena, Italy. They were dubbed the “Lovers of Modena” and have become synonymous with heterosexual romance, their image now often used in Italy to symbolize undying love.When […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó rejected allegations Friday that he has ties to an illegal armed group in Colombia, as officials launched an investigation based on photos appearing in social media purportedly showing him posing with members of the gang. The pictures were allegedly taken in late February when Guaidó crossed into Colombia and made a s […]

A pair Confederate statues will remain standing in the city of Virginian city Charlottesville where clashes over their removal left a young woman dead.After city officials decided to remove statues of Confederate American Civil War generals Robert E Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, one resident filed a lawsuit to prevent this.

President Trump said he spoke Saturday to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the possibility of a “mutual defense treaty” between the two nations—just days before Israeli voters go to the polls to decide the fate of the embattled leader.

A World War II cemetery that is the resting place for hundreds of British and Commonwealth soldiers in the Netherlands was the target of vandals who spray-painted a big swastika and random letters on many headstones.

Police are on the hunt for a solid gold working toilet valued at over $1 million that was stolen overnight on Saturday at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, causing damage and flooding at the birthplace and ancestral home of Winston Churchill.

In coverage of the Andrew McCabe investigation, there seems to be a lot of adding two plus two and coming up with five.The New York Times and Washington Post have reported that a grand jury met on Thursday in connection with a probe involving McCabe, the FBI’s former deputy director. As I write this column on Friday evening, no indictment has been returned a […]

A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit against Fox News brought by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, concluding there are plausible claims that the network was party to a “campaign of emotional torture.”

Tesla's automated emergency braking (AEB) system, which was first introduced in 2017, has improved markedly in a relatively short amount of time. Just a few weeks ago, for example, Tesla demonstrated its next-gen AEB system which can more ably apply the brakes when a pedestrian or cyclist is detected. With that said, we recently stumbled across a new vi […]

Archeo ModenaROME—In 2009, the straight world swooned when archaeologists discovered two ancient skeletons from between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. holding hands in a grave in Modena, Italy. They were dubbed the “Lovers of Modena” and have become synonymous with heterosexual romance, their image now often used in Italy to symbolize undying love.When […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó rejected allegations Friday that he has ties to an illegal armed group in Colombia, as officials launched an investigation based on photos appearing in social media purportedly showing him posing with members of the gang. The pictures were allegedly taken in late February when Guaidó crossed into Colombia and made a s […]

A pair Confederate statues will remain standing in the city of Virginian city Charlottesville where clashes over their removal left a young woman dead.After city officials decided to remove statues of Confederate American Civil War generals Robert E Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, one resident filed a lawsuit to prevent this.

US officials have warned that feral hogs heading across the border from Canada may pose a danger to the local environment. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that sightings of the feral animals on the US-Canadian border have increased in recent years. At least eight of the wild animals have been sighted just north of Lincoln County, Montana, t […]